Re: Rumours thread. : Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:38 am  

Why can't we have a season where we sign as many as we let go? There are no kids getting new deals this summer that I know of so it's not like they've got that excuse.

I'd be made up with two or three average players. Players like Mounis or Raguin or Dixon from Cas. Just bodies to shore up the squad.

Re: Rumours thread. : Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:00 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Flanders I'm 50/50 on. He's no world beater, but you can see how much extra weight he has going forward compared to the 3 young backrows we have.

I think keeping Flannery would be a good idea. We're asking our young players to take on a lot more responsibility these days, and under those circumstances it's good to keep hold of a few steady experienced professional types.

Saddened! wrote:

I'd be made up with two or three average players. Players like Mounis or Raguin or Dixon from Cas. Just bodies to shore up the squad.

I can sympathise with that impulse, but I'm not sure we can sustain that in the modern salary cap era. You're right that our squad is a little thin on the ground after the 1st choice 17-18, but I think you overestimate the strength in depth of our rivals. With the exception of Warrington and probably Huddersfield, other SL clubs are pretty much in the same boat. Even Wigan's squad from 19 (effectively 18, as they have actually - no lie - given the squad number 18 to their fans) onwards is made up of kids from their youth setup.

Re: Rumours thread. : Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:08 am  

Saddened! wrote:

Why can't we have a season where we sign as many as we let go? There are no kids getting new deals this summer that I know of so it's not like they've got that excuse.

I'd be made up with two or three average players. Players like Mounis or Raguin or Dixon from Cas. Just bodies to shore up the squad.

But I bet you've never made a post where you've put Foster, Lomax and Gaskell (or Robes, Clough, Graham and Wello for that matter) in the IN column, have you?

I do agree we need some extra depth though. What ever happened to that french winger Duport? He was a goodun, but dropped down a level. Perhaps he got a normal job and wanted to play part time?

Re: Rumours thread. : Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:53 am  

Dux wrote:

No. We're maxed out on non-fed players. Flannery doesn't count as non-fed as he's been around since '07.

I'm not sure you're right there. Only Meli is exempt.

Re: Rumours thread. : Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:11 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

I'm not sure you're right there. Only Meli is exempt.

Nope, Flannery signed in 2007. The cut off is 2008.

Re: Rumours thread. : Mon Jun 20, 2011 8:25 am  

By golly we could do with a signing to cheers us up.

Re: Rumours thread. : Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:01 am  

Saddened! wrote:

By golly we could do with a signing to cheers us up.

I think only beating Warrington would do that! (Beating Wigan would have been even better, but that's gone now - for the regular season anyway)

Re: Rumours thread. : Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:06 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

:lol:

I think only beating Warrington would do that! (Beating Wigan would have been even better, but that's gone now - for the regular season anyway)

There is about as much chance of that as me dating Beyonce.

Re: Rumours thread. : Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:18 am  

Saddened! wrote:

There is about as much chance of that as me dating Beyonce.

Actually, I think you have a much better chance of dating Beyonce!

Re: Rumours thread. : Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:49 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

Darryl Griffin on a 2 year deal is the latest one I've been told. Good to see that it has come from other sources too.

Thought Leeds have virtually signed him?